Assimilating to a New Church
I have not had a home church in quite a while now. I was raised in the Anderson Church of God and I found a great local church that is part of that group. I introduced my ex to it while we were still married and I got moderately involved. He got vaguely involved. Despite the fact that getting him to attend was like pulling teeth while we were married, he all of the sudden decided he wants to go there and he takes his girlfriend with him. In my opinion, it is a power issue and since I don’t play those games I just decided I would find another church.
The church where my daughter goes to school right now is a good option. I enjoy the pastor and his sermons; the congregation is relatively small and a very good mix of races, incomes and ages. They seem to be quite a tight knit group, even going on cruises together about once a year. I’m trying to motivate myself to go more often. After being very involved in my last church and still having great friendships there, it is a tiny bit intimidating to conceptualize breaking into a new group and starting over with relationships and involvement. For me, it is slow going. Plus, I am seeing that a single mom gets pigeonholed in a church environment. I was immediately introduced to the other single moms, as though I would be unable to relate to the married women. That is a concept I will need to get used to, I suppose.
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